Silo or tank



Feb. 26 1924;

o. BRUMBAUGH SILO 0R TANK Filed Aug. 17, 1922 graan/nto@ j MMI;

Patented Feb. 25, i924.

OLIVER BRUMBAUGH,

OF LOUISVILLE, OHIO.

SILO OR TANK.

Application filed August 17, 1922.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, OLIVER BRUMBAUGH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Louisville, in the county of Stark and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Silo or Tank, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in silo construction and particularly to a silo built of hollow blocks of tile, although the invention is applicable to other structures comprising a wall of hollow tile such as tanks, well curbings and the like.

The objects of the invention are to provide a construction of this kind including plaster locking clips by means of which the tile are firmly bound together in the wall; to provide brace rods extending across the doorway and entirely through the tile adjacent to the doorway for securely bracing the structure; to move the door construction of the silo.

rl`he above and ancillary objects may be attained by constructing the silo construction such as illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which- Figure l is a fragmentary elevation of a silo;

Fig. 2, a section on the line 2-2, Fig. l;

Fig. 3, a vertical, sectional view through a portion of the wall; and i Fig. Ll, a detail perspective view upon an enlarged scale of one of the locking clips.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout the drawing.

Referring to the accompanying drawings which show the invention embodied in a silo, the blocks of which the silo wall is built are indicated at l, each of these blocks being hollow and preferably of a height equal to its width; the blocks being preferably segmental in form, as best shown in Fig. 2, so that when they are assembled together, a circular wall will be formed.

In order to produce an extremely cheap, as well as durable construction, the blocks are preferably molded of clay and burned in the usual manner and provided with the vertical openings 2 to provide air spaces as well as to lessen the weight of the blocks.

In building the wall, after the first tier of blocks has been properly arranged, the blocks are securely located together by means of the locking clips 3 which are preferably formed of the same material as the Serial No. 582,485.

blocks, and adapted to be introduced over the upper edges of the meeting end walls of each pair of blocks, the channel l of each clip being of suliicient depth to allow the depending edges 5 of the clip to extend a considerable distance along the inner faces of the end walls of the blocks, thereby forming a permanent loclr for the blocks.

It will be understood, of course, that inortar or cement is placed between the end walls of the blocks and the clips 3 as indicated at 6 in Fig. 3, and attention is called to the horizontal grooves 7 formed in the depending inner faces of the clips, arranged to receive the mortar and form a rigid bond between the blocks and clips.

After the locking clips are thus placed on the first tier of blocks, the next tier of blocks is placed in position and so arranged that the side walls of the blocks in the two tier will meet midway of the length of the blocks in the first tier, as shown in Fig. 3, the lower ends of adjacent end walls of each pair of blocks extending between the adjacent pair of clips 3, and raised upon the shoulders 8 of the clips, which preferably abut as illustrated. Mortar is preferably placed between each pair of clips and the lower end portions of the blocks in the two tier as shown at 9.

Each succeeding tier of blocks is placed in position upon the next lower tier in the same manner, the clips being placed between the tiers of blocks as above described, it being understood that the points between the ends of the blocks of each tier are to be staggered with relation to the points between the ends of the blocks in the adjacent tiers, as best shown in Figs. l and 3.

In silos it is necessary to provide a doorway such as indicated at l0, which extends from the bottom to the top of the structure. lVith the present construction, it is not necessary to provide a special frame for the doorway, the blocks adjacent to the doorway upon each side forming the door amb.

As the omission of the blocks to forni the doorway will necessarily weaken the wall at this point, brace rods ll are ex tended transversely across the doorway at intervals and are projected entirely through the blocks, 'forming the door jambs and through the adjacent walls of the next adjacent blocks as best shown in Fig. 2, wash ers 12 being placed upon the end portions of the tie rods in engagement with the inner walls of the blocks, nuts 13 being provided upon said brace rods for drawing` the washers into tight engagement with the inner walls of the blocks.

Each door comprises a metal sheet 14 preferably having a rectangular, malleable secured to the frame l5 in any suitable manner, These handle bars, togetherwith the brace rods l1, provide a ladder by means of which the user may climb to the top ot the silo.

Hooks 17 are provided at the upper portion of each door section and engage the adjacent brace rod 11, securing each door section in place, each section being of greater width than the doorway, the longitudinal edges thereof extending beyond and engaging the rear faces of the blocks which form the door jainb as shown at 18 in Fig. 2.

t will be seen that in view of the simplicity of this device, the structure may very cheaply constructed and at the same time renders the same extremely strong and durable. It will further be understood that although the invention is illustrated and described as applied to a silo, yet tanks,

such as water, oil or grain tanks, standpipes, well curbing, smokestaclrs, or walls for other structures may be builtwith the blocks and clips embodying the invention. i

With the use of these hollow blocks and clips, an ideal construction is produced which will stand an eXtreme outward pressure as each intermediate block is tied by three clips to six other blocks, forming a bond between the blocks above, below and at each side thereof.

1. A structure oi the character described comprising the combination with a plurality of hollow blocks assembled together to forni a wall of channel shaped clips located over the upper end portions of adjacent end walls of each pair of blocks, and provided with shoulders to receive the lower end portions oi' adjacent end walls of the next tier of blocks. Y Y

2. A structure of the character described comprising the combination with a plurality of hollow blocks assembled together to `torni a wall of channel shaped clips located over the upper end portions of adjacent end walls of each pair of blocks, and provided with shoulders to receive the lower end portions of adjacent end walls of the next tier of blocks, the inner faces of said clips being grcoved to receive a plastic bond.

OLIVER BRUMBAUGH. 

